The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1887-08-18

umn.
THOMAS Finch offers his farm of Sc
acres in the town of Liberty for sale in
the advertising columns of this weeks
Pilot
CHARLES HANSON the young man who
was so terribly injured by a self binder
| last week, is improving steadily and will
recover.
The Second Regiment w. N. G., went
into camp at Beaver Dam on Monday.
The two Manitowoc companies left on
the Sunday night train.
IT is said the travel on the Goodrich
boats between Chicago and Milwaukee is
so enormous that state rooms have to be
engaged several days in advance.
EIGHTH street bridge has been replank-
ed. A coat of paint would do much to
improve the looks of the structure and
could be applied at little expense.
HINRICHs' AMERICAN Corn CURE cures
quickly and does not cause pain or sore
ness. Cure guaranteed. For sale by
Henry Hinrichs, successor to Robinson
& Hinrichs.
The government engineer has recon-
mended an appropriation for the south
harbor pier and for dredging. The re-
building is very necessary and cannot be
long delayed.
HUBBARD & NOBLE have commenced
the manufacture of syrup kegs on quite
an extensive scale New machinery es-
pecially adapted to the work has been
placed in their factory.
A NUMBER of Chicago newspaper re-
porters were in the city several days
awaiting the arrival of the schooner
Marsh to interview her crew for pointers
on the McGarigle escape.
The house, barn, granary and contents
on the farm of Matthias Rock of Meme
were destroyed by fire on Monday of last
week. The loss, which is large, was par
italy covered by insurance.
THERE will be total eclipse of the
sun in some portions Of the globe tomor-
row. Astronomers from all parts of the
world have congregated at the most
| favorable positions for observation.
THE boiler of the tug Thomas Spear
which was burned and sunk off Sandy
Bay last year has been raised and was
brought here on Tuesday. An effort to
recover the engine is now being made
We have just received and opened a
case of TricotS of very superior quality,
which come In a great variety of colors
and new shades.
| II SCHUETTE Bros.
A GENTLEMAN representing the United
Gas Improvement Co. of Philadelphia has
been in the city this week with view to
organizing stock company to manufac-
| ture gas for fuel and lighting purposes.
SUPT. DoNoHUE of Milwaukee was in
| town on Tuesday He said the railroad
company would dock, dredge and fill the
entire river front from the end of the
company's present dock to the west side
| of the cattle pen this season.
A CHANGE in government stamped en-
velopes will be inaugurated on the 10th
of September whereby each denomination
| will be of different colors. Thus the l.
cent envelopes will be blue; the 2-cent,
green; 4-cent, carmine, and so on through
the list.
THE schooners Monguagon, John
Burt, Monticello and Montmorency dis
charged cargoes of coal at the coal docks
| this week. The schooner Pulaski brought
a cargo OF hard coal for Schmidt & Wit
| tenberg and the G. A. Marsh one for n.
B. Morse.
THE old man who "runs" the bath
| house is the most inveterate angler in the
city. He may always be found gazing
upon his bob" and although he has fail
| ed to catch fish this summer his faith
in the possibilities Of the future are
strong. He deserves to catch whale,
THE state "turn-fest" was held at Wan
sau commencing on Thursday last. The
attendance of turner's from all parts OF
the state was quite large but the weather
mterefered with the arrangements made
to such an extent that the fest was a
| failure.
MR, WAaNERs residence on the corner
/ of Eighth and Madison streets is nearing
completion. 1t is in what is known as,
the Queen Anne style of architecture and
promises to be one of the prettiest and
most conveniently arranged homes in the
city. Mr.. Daniel Boehmer is doing the
work upon it.